--- title: Indonesia: Sharia Penalty Given to Non-Muslim in Legal First description: In an unprecedented use of Shari‘a on a non-Muslim in Indonesia, a Christian woman has been caned for selling alcohol canonical: https://time.com/4291832/indonesia-aceh-christian-muslim-sharia-law-alcohol/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-13T09:23:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:55:53.744Z article:section: World og:title: Indonesia: Sharia Penalty Given to Non-Muslim in Legal First og:description: The 60-year-old Christian woman was publicly caned for selling alcohol og:url: https://time.com/4291832/indonesia-aceh-christian-muslim-sharia-law-alcohol/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Indonesia: Sharia Penalty Given to Non-Muslim in Legal First twitter:description: The 60-year-old Christian woman was publicly caned for selling alcohol twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A Non-Muslim Has Been Punished Under Shari‘a Law in Indonesia for the First Time > Sponsored content. 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The 60-year-old woman was caned 30 times in the presence of hundreds of onlookers on Tuesday, an official told Agence France-Presse (AFP). Aceh is one of the most conservative provinces of Muslim-majority Indonesia, and the only part of the country that enforces sharia law for crimes like adultery, consumption of alcohol and homosexuality. On the same day, a pair of German tourists were reportedly [reprimanded](http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2016/04/13/199762253/German-Tourists-Reprimanded-for-Wearing-Bikinis-on-Aceh-Beach) by local authorities and let off with a warning for wearing bikinis at one of the province’s beaches. A Muslim couple accused of adultery received 100 lashes along with the Christian woman on Tuesday. Although the religious law was previously only applicable to Muslims, an amendment that took effect last year extended its reach to practitioners of other religions in particular cases, according to an official from the prosecutor’s office of Central Aceh. “This is the first case of a non-Muslim being punished under Islamic criminal bylaw,” the official, Lili Suparli, told AFP. Aceh has operated under Shari‘a since 2001, when it was declared partially autonomous in an effort to quell a separatist uprising. _— With reporting by Yenni Kwok_ ## Transcript [ BLANK_AUDIO ] In Indonesia, people with mental health conditions are put in pasung, chained, or locked up in homes or in institutions because they have conditions such as schizophrenia or depression. [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] People are shackled in homes by their families, in institutions run by faith healers, and traditional healers, and sometimes, even in social care institutions. Agus is a 26 year old man with a psychosocial disability He was locked up in a shed by his family for a month. [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] Agus' family decided to lock him up because they didn't know what was happening to him. They were convinced, they told me, he was possessed by the devil. [ FOREIGN ] Possessed by a strange spirit. It's difficult to stand there. Because the shed is so short. You can only sit Today Agus is working in his village, building houses and leads a fulfilling life, because he's receiving the support and services that he needs. Currently, the government estimates that there are about 18, 00 people who are shackled in Indonesia. Despite this practice being illegal in Indonesia, the government has banned pasung since 1977 and yet, the practice persists across the country. We visited one institution run by a faith healer where the department of social affairs was actually sending people. They knew fully well people were being shackled. [ FOREIGN ] [ SOUND ] People who are put in pasung become extremely neglected, isolated, and develop all sorts of physical ailments as a result of being chained. [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] We met Ikram's family in Central Java. Ikram has been locked up in this shed for many years now. We spoke to his brother, Mustafa, who explained the challenges his family faced in caring for his brother. [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] There was a time when Ikram's family took him to see a doctor where he had access to medication and services and he was doing much better. He even lived for a short while in the family home. However, as soon as the medication ran out And the family did not have time to travel to a provincial hospital and to spend the money on a regular basis. Ikram was put back in the shed. [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] The conditions in these institutions are extremely unsanitary. People are chained with metallic chains and can't move around much. They are eating, sleeping, defecating, urinating, in that same space for a period of years. There is an urgent need for the government to monitor these institutions. And to ensure that its ban on shackling is implemented. In homes and institutions, but in the long term there needs to be a shift from institutions to community based services so people with mental health conditions and their families can live in the community And access the services and support they need. It shouldn't be like that. I hope nobody, no one, has that experience. I wish my brother was cured. I want support from the government for my bother. 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